Center foot for cultivators.



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CENTER FO0T F08 CULTIVATOBS.

(Application mea aan. 14, 190x.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. GREATHOVSE, OF,MABANK, TEXAS.

CENTER FOOT FOR CULTIVA'TORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,405, dated May 21,1901.

g Application filed January 14:, 1901. Serial No. 43,218. \.l\lo modemTo all whom it mctyconcern:

Beit known that I, J AMES E. GREATHOUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mabank, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Center Foot for Oultivators, of'which thefollowing is a specification.

My inventionis an im proved center foot or standard for a cultivator,the object of my invention being to provide an improved center foot orstandard which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from abeam or beams ot' a cultivator adj usted thereon and adapted for theattachment of a shovel, plow, or sweep of any kind required.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices hereameter, bent at the center, as at 1, to form the upwardly-diverging arms 2. The central lower end of the foot or standard is curvedforward, as shown, and disposed at a suitable angle to form a restagainst which the rear side 0i' the cultivator, shovel, plow, or sweepbears and. to dispose vsaid cultivator, shovel, plow, or sweep at therequisite inclination. cular in form, as shown, to form a longitudinalslot 3, the arms 2 being secured together at a suitable distance abovethe lower curved central portion l by a cross-bar 4, which is weldedthereto and closes the upper end of the slot 3. The upper portions ofthe arms 2 are parallel to each other, and when the center foot orstandardis in operative position the said upper portions 5 of the armsthereof are vertical. Each of the said arms 2 is provided With a collar6, adjustable thereon and provided with a set-screw 7.

The central portion lis semicir-A The shovel, plow, or sweep, which, as,bed fore stated, may be of any form, is secured to the center foot orstandardby a bolt 8, which passes through and is adjustable in the slot3. In order to secure the center foot or standard to the beams of acultivator, the Ve'rtical upper extensions 5 of the arms 2 of the centerfoot or standard are passed through the eyes or eyebolts 9, which serveto clamp the same to the beams, the said eyebolts and the said verticalupper extensions of the arms of the center foot or standard adapting thelatter to be secured at any desired,ad justment to the beams. Thecollars 6 bear on the eyebolts, as shown,and prevent the center foot orstandard from becoming disengaged from the eyebolts when the beam israised. V

My improved center foot or standard may be attached to the beam or beamsof a cultivalor in any other suitable manner and by any other suitablemeans, if preferred, and I do not limit myself in this particular.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings my improved center foot or standard is shownattached toand disposed between two beams, one of the latter, for thesake of clearness of illustration, being indicated by dotted lines; butit will be understood that my improved center foot may be secured to asingle beam, it' desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A center foot or standardof the class described comprising a metallic bar bent to form the upwarddiverging arms 2 and the slot 3 between the said arms at the lower endof said center foot or standard, in combination with eyebolts andcollars on the upper portions of said arms 2, said collars havingset-screws, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES E. GREATHOUSE.

Witnesses:

J. G. HART, T.' M. HOFFMAN.

